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How to Protect Plants from Frost in Florida - Our Northeast Florida Garden After the Freeze

on December 27, 2022

9a Food Forest 9a Fruit Trees Grow Your Own Food Growing Bananas growing dragon fruit Growing Papaya Growing Passionfruit How to Grow Food In a Small Garden Plant Protection from Frost

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Save Your Papaya Trees After Cold Damage

on December 25, 2022

Growing Papaya Plant Protection from Frost

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Plant Protection from Frost - Florida DIY Greenhouse & More Frost Protection Tips

on December 19, 2022

Build Your Own Greenhouse Grow Your Own Food Plant Protection from Frost

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How to Grow Turmeric & Where to Get Fresh Turmeric Root in Florida

on December 07, 2022

Edible Plants in North Florida Grow Your Own Food Growing Turmeric

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How to Grow Papaya - Tips for Transplanting and Planting Papayas

on November 04, 2022

Growing From Seeds Growing Papaya

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How To Grow Food in a Small Garden - Turning a Wasted Space into an Edible Garden - More Than 50 Varieties in 500 Sq Ft

on October 22, 2022

Grow Your Own Food Growing Fruit Trees How to Grow Food In a Small Garden

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Troy-Bilt Wood Chipper - Super Tomahawk = Our No. 1 Tool For Better Composting

We could not have gotten as far with our sustainable land clearing and composting, if it had not been for our power horse, our Troy-Bilt Super Tomahawk wood chipper with its 8 HP Briggs & Stratton motor. We purchased this 31+ year-old wood chipper off Craigslist for $200 about a year and a half ago, and it is still going strong. Troy-Bilt Super Tomahawk Wood Chipper

Zone 9A/9B Gardening Calendar - North East Florida Planting Schedule

Gardening in Florida is a very different experience than gardening in the rest of the country, and growing fruits and vegetables in North East Florida is a very different experience than gardening down south. It has taken us about five years to adjust to the zone 9 planting schedule, and while there are many zone 9 garden guides out there, we felt that there was a need for a simple, user friendly zone 9A/9B planting calendar.

How To Remove Palmetto Palms

If you have ever tried to remove a palmetto palm by cutting it down, you will likely have realized that removing palmettos is tricky. So, when we got ourselves a piece of land with about half an acre of these wonderful palmetto palms, also known as saw palmettos or shrub palmettos, we knew that we had a challenge on our hand.

Where To Find Free Nursery Pots and Planters

Every gardener needs something for their plants to grow in. Whether it is directly into the soil in your garden, into a garden bed, nursery pots, ceramic pots, terracotta pots, or if you get more creative, you need something for your plants to grow in. That's why we're always looking for free nursery pots and cheap planters.

How to Protect Plants from Frost in Florida - Our Northeast Florida Garden After the Freeze

We feared the worst with the promise of down to 24 degrees F by Christmas here in St. Augustine, Florida. Thankfully it seems as if we only made it down to 28F in our location (zone 9a), which is something we've had before, but it is also the lowest temperature we have measured by our home in the last 5+ years that we've lived here. While many of our plants look sad, we're confident most will survive. Yesterday, we uncovered some plants, since it was not going to go below freezing, and today we uncovered the rest and opened up our diy greenhouse which is our attempt to create a semi-permanent solution for plant protection from frost in our growing zone, where we only get freezing temperatures a few times a year. Make sure to take a look at the tour of our 500 sq ft side garden before the frost at the How to Grow Food in Small Spaces post. This area was a wasted space, because it is so close to the neighbor, but now it is a lush food forest with a great diversity that att

Finding Free Plants on Craigslist

If you are looking to add new plants to your garden, make sure to keep an eye out for free plants in the free section on Craigslist. We have picked up free plants a few times, when someone is clearing out their garden, and in return we make sure to post items as well. This morning I spotted a post for a free estate sale on Craigslist, and it included potted plants. It was in a fancy neighborhood by the beach, where an old house was being torn down to build a new huge one. We picked up several knick knacks such as plates, vases,paintings, lamps, a coat rack, a book shelf and more, and we also brought home as many big pots and plants as our mini van could fit. Free pots and plants These pots were the big ceramic kind that are not in our teacher's budget, and there were lots of different plants too. The plants need to be re-potted and re-nourished, but we've added some new plant species to our garden, which we will make sure to create more plants from trough seeds and

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